New Ethnicities and Urban Cultures, Part I

In the first half of chapter 8 of Les Back's New Ethnicities and Urban Cultures, entitled "'Inglan, nice up!': black music, autonomy, and and cultural intermezzo", the author gives a fairly detailed historical backdrop on the begginings of reggae music in London's black urban neighborhoods. He develops reggae as an interweaving of many different musical influences that is assembled through a sound system, fusing different styles of the African diaspora. Going on, he also discusses the issues of gender and sexuality and the apparent mysogeny of some artists' lyrics.

Discussion Question: Is the subjugation of women a response to the black community's subjugation by the white community? Is it a form of displacement where black men cannot fight back against the oppression and so oppress women as a less threatening or more socially acceptable alternative?